PHENOLOGY OF TREE SPECIES IN A TROPICAL EVERGREEN FOREST OF SOUTHERN INDIA | Journal of Global.....

The phenology and seasonality of 47 topical evergreen forest woody stems (> 30 cm girth at breast height) were identified and tagged with a unique number throughout a transect of roughly 5 km that included 177 individuals. Leafing, flowering, and fruiting phenophases in diverse tree species were observed at community level at monthly intervals from June 2004 to May 2006. Leaf initiation begins at the community level with a big peak in December to January (winter) and a minor peak in April (summer). In January (winter), February (summer), and June, the leaves expand (rainy). Leaf senescence has major and minor peaks from August to October (rainy), January (winter) to March (summer). Flower buds begin to form between November and January, and pollination occurs in December (winter). Fruit buds begin to form in January (winter) and April (spring) (summer). Fruit that has ripened between January (winter) and April (summer) and in July (rainy). Fruit ripens in June (rainy) and March (summer), having a main and minor peak in June and March, respectively. Both vegetative and reproductive phenologies were significantly influenced by rainfall. Except for leaf withering, the various phenophases of vegetative and reproductive phenologies were markedly seasonal.

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